Eighteen tetchy minutes had passed when Hobson went for it from an unreasonable distance, and his boldness left A5_Paper goalie Zhu Xi-qi flummoxed. That opened the game up, and wide play by Tom Pence led to a couple more from Aznan and Hobson in a short seven minutes.

Chen Chiew-Yen, on a yellow after yet more dissent, reminded Grilled of his better side as he ghosted past several defenders to finish, before Tim Hobson completed his hat-trick and acknowledged for his cross by patting his head and pointing in the American's direction. Pence gleefully returned the gesture with a thumbs-up of his own.

With their job done, Grilled entered party mode, and Hobson padded his resume with a fourth goal that found a gap in the wall off a free-kick. There was then handbags between Musa bin Yub Abdul Majid and Ricard Machado which got both men booked, which did nothing to alter the all-important result.